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March 18, 2026

Fernwood Cellars Wine Cause for ‘Ooohs’ and ‘Aaahs’

I was out dining with friends last week. As we perused the menu

Council approves adult entertainment ordinance

The City Council unanimously outlawed full nudity at adult

Business Briefs: Alien names new CEO

Alien Technology Corporation announced that the company's Board

Successive string of stabbings leaves work cut out for police

The Gilroy Police Department has leads for two consecutive

Single Christians take a whale watching trip

Hang out with other South Valley single Christians on a whale

The Natural

The beginning of the end of Frank LaCorte's baseball career

The art of cursive is being lost

Amidst current discussions and controversy about the merits and challenges of the new “Core Curriculum,” a less dramatic yet equally important issue is the trend away from teaching “cursive” in our schools. As a retired teacher and current voter, genealogist and sports fan, I think the loss of the ability to write (and therefore read) cursive is another step in the increasing “depersonalization” of our culture with potentially disastrous consequences. I was further reminded of this as I went to vote by mail, where, on the envelope, you are told emphatically to sign your name (not print it) for your vote to count.

Crime fear factor ratchets up in Gilroy

The city was rocked in 2007 by waves of crime that spurred

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